KAINUU ORIENTEERING WEEK 2024
Instructions for beginners
Kainuu Orienteering Week is an annually organized orienteering and holiday week in Finland and Kainuu which consists four competition days and two rest days. Participant can choose categories from the both competition and open courses. Event is for the amateurs and to top orienteers.
Read more about the event's general information.
Check the Kainuu Orienteering Week 2024 program/timetable/schedule.
Entry and registration to Kainuu Orienteering Week
Pre-registration is mandatory for Kainuu O Week's competition categories.
To the KOW open courses (recreational orienteering) entry is possible as follows:
- pre-registering for the whole week (discounted participation fees) or for single days (on-site participation fees)
- or
- on-site at the event for the whole week or for the single days
Read more and entry rastiviikko.fi -> Entry
Booking accommodation
Kainuu O Week has a several options for good quality accommodation: Commercial accommodation in Kajaani and Kainuu area, Kainuu O Week accommodation office provides private cottages, holiday apartments and houses and in addition dormitory accommodation, floor accommodation and camping&caravan accommodation.
- Get familiar with commercial accommodation
- Check private cottages, holiday apartments and houses
- Read more about dormitories, floor accommodation and camping&caravan
Arriving to the Event
Reserve enough time for arriving to the event. Parking areas are 0,3-7,5 km from the Competition Centre. Non-stop shuttle buses are available from all parking areas located futher away. Non-stop bus transportation fee is included in the parking ticket fee. From the nearest parking areas it is also possible to walk to the Competition Centre. Competition bus is one good option to arrive, there are bus stops in Kajaani city centre area or in the KOW Event Centre.
- Arriving instructions to Finland, Kainuu and Kajaani
- Arriving instructions to the Event Centre and Competition Centre
In the Competition Centre
If you are participating for open courses (recreational orienteering) go to the open courses info tent at the Competition Centre
- If you have pre-registered you can find your competition number bib (near the open courses info tent) and the possible rental Emit card you can pick up from open courses info tent's pre-registered point
- If you haven't pre-registered you can sign up on-site to open courses at the open courses info tent. Open courses participations leave start areas 5 and start areas 6 and in addition, the Open/FAmily RR starts from the start areas 4 of the competition categories. Check from here the starting time period for open courses on a each competition day. The participant will be registered as a started orienteer at the start gate along the signposted way to the start area.
- Get familiar with the open courses instructions and timetables and Kainuu O Week competition instructions.
If you are participating in to the competition categories you can find your competition number bib near the KOW info tent. All changes into your competitor information must be done in KOW info tent (for ex. change of the Emit card number). Check the terms of cancellation and changes terms of cancellation and changes beforehand. KOW info's officials will help if needed. Check you starting times from the start lists and go to the right starting point of your category. Your competitor information is visible in your number bib also.
- Get familiar with competition categories info and Kainuu O Week competition instructions
Services in the Competition Centre
In the Competition Centre services are as follows: restaurant and café, orienteering and sports equipment shops, Muksula (Children’s day care), Rastiralli (Adventure Track), Dog Park (Dog's day care) and showers with warm water.
- Check restaurant and Café services
- Read about Muksula (Children's day care) and Rastiralli (Arventure Track)
- See info about a Dog Park (Dog's day care)
It is forbidden to camp or stay over night(s) in the area of the Competition Centre, competition terrain and on all parking areas.
Departure from the Competition Centre
If you have arrived with own car remember to purchase a parking ticket from the Competition Centre's KOW info. Parking tickets are checked when cars are leaving from the parking areas. Parking ticket can be bought on-site at the parking area when leaving the parking area with card or cash, but we recommend to buy it beforehand from Competition Centre or Event Centre or KOW webshop.
Other things to do
Kajaani and Kainuu offers large amount of different other thing and activities to do during the Kainuu Orienteering Week. Get familiar with the things and activities to do and plan your own orienteering and holiday week in Kainuu.
Social Media
Share your event experiences on social media with the hashtags #rastiviikko, #kainuunrastiviikko, and #KRV2024. You can also tag Kainuu Orienteering Week in your posts with @kainuuorienteeringweek (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube) and @kainuuoweek (X).
Photography and Videography
Please note that photos and videos will be taken during the event and published on the www.rastiviikko.fi website gallery, Facebook, Instagram, X (Twitter), TikTok, and YouTube channels, as well as other possible marketing channels for the event. The organizer reserves the right to use photos and videos of participants (orienteers, spectators, etc.) for event marketing purposes.
You can also use the organizer's published photos of you on your social media channels, provided you credit the photo source as follows:
Photo: @kainuuorienteeringweek (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube)
- photographer's name if known
Photo: @kainuuoweek (X)
- photographer's name if known
Remember to review the competition instructions, start times, and other practical arrangements before the event. Have a great orienteering week in Kainuu!
